Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much “work around the work” as he laid off 17% of the group’s workforce in December.

  • @[email protected]
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    198 months ago

    They were in the process of unionising in Sweden, when the layoffs dropped. Some months later, Spotify cancelled talks about the proposed collective agreement, insisting a statement that Spotify employees don’t need unions because their working conditions are already exceedingly generous.

    (A bit of background: workplace collective agreements are commonplace in Sweden. Spotify, though, seems to have tried to import US union-busting practices, not unlike Tesla.)

    • ???
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      58 months ago

      And let’s not get started on ‘Employer Unions’ like ALMEGA (which in my head is synonymous with Satan)

    • NoIWontPickaName
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      48 months ago

      Hows that going for Tesla? Havent heard anything about that since the license plates

      • @[email protected]
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        78 months ago

        As of a few weeks ago, the strike is still going, with everyone from cleaners to electricians refusing to work for Tesla.